In my 20-plus years working in the nonprofit world, one of the most common mistakes I’ve seen nonprofits make is measuring activities instead of outcomes. I understand why: Measuring activities is ...

In my last post, I wrote about why it’s important for nonprofits to measure outcomes rather than activities. I was excited to see that the post sparked a discussion, but I also noticed that folks were ...

At some point, how we do safety better is answered by removing effort that is no longer value-added, even though at one point in time, it might have been. Measuring activities to determine the health ...

Quirien Oort, Linda Dirven, Sietske A. M. Sikkes, Neil Aaronson, Florien Boele, Christine Brannan, Jonas Egeter, Robin Grant, Martin Klein, Irene Lips, Yoshitaka Narita, Hitomi Sato, Monika Sztankay, ...

AMES, Iowa – Activity trackers can provide a good overall estimate of calories burned, but an Iowa State University study finds they’re less accurate when measuring certain activities, such as ...

Less than 2 decades after publication of the National Academy of Medicine's (formerly the Institute of Medicine) Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, quality ...